`Civilization And The Jews` Returns

The highly acclaimed nine-part ``Heritage: Civilization and the Jews``

series returns at 7 p.m. Thursday on WTTW-Ch. 11. Hosted by Abba Eban, the series originally aired in 1984.

As a bonus this time around, CBS` Bill Moyers will contribute three new programs that address key Jewish questions that arose from the original series. Air dates will be announced for ``Heritage: Conversations with Bill Moyers.``

The ``Heritage`` series chronicles the interaction between the Jewish people and Western civilization for the last 3,000 years. Highlights include Jews and their creative interaction with the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Jewish people under Nazism and the Holocaust, the birth of the state of Israel and Jews in America.